ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:It's not a fully new mold from what people have determined; it's got a tiny handful of recycled parts similar to PotP Jazz recycling a few of Drag Strip's parts.
Regardless, the backpack isn't due to the combiner limb nature of the Moonracer mold's engineering. The backpack is due to the fact that Floron the Moron Dery gave the Female Autobots curvy robot modes and angular vehicle modes and the designers are trying to accommodate both.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Fair points starfish...
In my defense, the thing that really got my goat was calling Sky Lynx obscure.
Regarding Crosscut and Acid Storm, they had the benefit of being ways to milk molds of characters that are more known - Crosscut was a logical choice as the alternate head for a Skids mold, and Acid Storm was "Guy they could redeco Starscream as that wouldn't undermine the recent convention exclusives".
Come to think of it, Generations Sky Shadow (the first recent(ish) Black Shadow toy we got) was the same way as Crosscut - a logical (because the original Black Shadow was a retool of the original Thunderwing because the Pretender concept fell flat in Japan) retool of the Generations Thunderwing toy to milk the mold. And TR Sky Shadow was made as much as a way of getting more out of (most of) the Overlord mold as he was for his own sake.
Also, if you're talking about the Fearswoop I think you are then he's really a Hooligan homage
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Anywho, I don't know which Chromia to go for. The T30 Prime Arcee retool just for being unique, or the Siege Moonracer part cannibal for being similar....
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Such is the pain of the Leader-class' mass limit these days. If it was at its Unicron Trilogy through HFTD (and possibly DOTM but not sure) limit then it might be possible for their respective super modes to be substantially bigger compared to the Voyager inner robot, but nowadays that would require them to be Supreme-class.
Bah. That's a corporate excuses.
Partly. But it's also just the way the size class system works. As far as the Hasbro toylines go Transformers has been grouped into rigid, uniform size classes since the days of Beast Wars. And the plastic-per-item limit is the overarching rule by which each size class is defined. Not the height, not how much space it takes up, but how many milligrams of plastic go into it.
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So are you saying that CW Magnus shouldn't be classified as Leader class because he's lighter? Or that Siege Magnus should be called a Supreme class figure because he's heavier? Does one ounce make that much difference? Is there no margin of error?Ironhidensh wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Such is the pain of the Leader-class' mass limit these days. If it was at its Unicron Trilogy through HFTD (and possibly DOTM but not sure) limit then it might be possible for their respective super modes to be substantially bigger compared to the Voyager inner robot, but nowadays that would require them to be Supreme-class.
Bah. That's a corporate excuses.
Partly. But it's also just the way the size class system works. As far as the Hasbro toylines go Transformers has been grouped into rigid, uniform size classes since the days of Beast Wars. And the plastic-per-item limit is the overarching rule by which each size class is defined. Not the height, not how much space it takes up, but how many milligrams of plastic go into it.
CW Magnus(UW, whatever) weighs a full ounce less than Siege Magnus. Mass limit thrown straight out the window!
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:I'm saying he is too damn small.
Okay, I'm just trying to understand what height has to do with mass limit, that's all.Ironhidensh wrote:I'm saying he is too damn small.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Okay, I'm just trying to understand what height has to do with mass limit, that's all.Ironhidensh wrote:I'm saying he is too damn small.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Okay, I'm just trying to understand what height has to do with mass limit, that's all.Ironhidensh wrote:I'm saying he is too damn small.
Ironhidensh wrote:I'm saying he is too damn small.
william-james88 wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:I'm saying he is too damn small.
Small for a leader class? Small for 50$? Or too small an Ultra Magnus to scale with voyager Prime?
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Sentinel_Primal wrote:TonTon just released a video about Prowl. Which makes me wonder: How do these reviewers manage to get their hands on these guys so early?!
Rainmaker wrote:Sentinel_Primal wrote:TonTon just released a video about Prowl. Which makes me wonder: How do these reviewers manage to get their hands on these guys so early?!
They steal products from factories most likely
ZeroWolf wrote:Does that include the new Sideswipe exclusive rumoured to be a G2 version that also comes with Slamdance? I think we know all main line releases so that just leaves exclusives...
ZeroWolf wrote:Does that include the new Sideswipe exclusive rumoured to be a G2 version that also comes with Slamdance? I think we know all main line releases so that just leaves exclusives...
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Does that include the new Sideswipe exclusive rumoured to be a G2 version that also comes with Slamdance? I think we know all main line releases so that just leaves exclusives...
Wait, we know who we're getting in waves 3-4? for deluxe, voyager and leader? what are the remaining wave breakdowns?
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